Installing a new an application in RAM is a new feature that has been implemented in OZ 4.6. It allows end-user users and programmers to add or remove an application or a suite of applications via or individually, using the Index popdown. This facility aims to simplify simplifies application development iteration and avoids blowing code to Eprom . No longer are EPROM or Flash cards , including the constant insertion and removal of cards in on of needed to blow code into, or to be inserted and removed wearing out the external slots. From an end-user point of view, installing applications in RAM is a good alternative when neither Eprom nor Flash Cards are those cards are not available. Notice that installed application are erased by a soft reset (previously allocated space available again for files and other ressourcesresources). Applications are installed in available RAM in any slot. They are chained to an :APP.- virtual device. It can be seen from Filer with Catalogue Files ':APP.-//*' command. Processes of installed applications are shown with a '-' in the cards column of Suspended Activities in the Index popdown.
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